Protonym: Sima nigra var. insularis
Authorship Emery, 1901h: 113
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data), 1899 (W. Horn). Primary type depository: MSNG.
Type notes Ward, 2001: 634, cites 2 worker syntypes.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Sima nigra insularis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetraponera nigra insularis (Emery, 1901)
Original combination
Tetraponera nigra insularis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon, 1851)